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A decision to eject from a failing F-35B fighter and the betrayal in its wake

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247 points po | 2 comments | 31 Mar 25 04:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.519s | source
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mmaunder ◴[31 Mar 25 05:50 UTC] No.43531539[source]▶
I think there are many other moving parts in this story that aren’t public knowledge.
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1. gscott ◴[31 Mar 25 06:15 UTC] No.43531696[source]▶
Mostly the hundreds of billions of dollars spent on an airplane that's not ready for prime time yet.
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2. decimalenough ◴[31 Mar 25 06:45 UTC] No.43531920[source]▶
The F-35B entered service ten years ago, in 2015. But there have been continuous upgrades to it, and given that the 2023 incident described in the article started with the HUD (apparently) crashing 3 times in a row, there's plenty of room for improvement.